A paradox of hovering insects in two-dimensional space

DOI10.1017/S0022112008003923MaRDI QIDQ3601019zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Makoto Iima

Publication date 9 February 2009

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

incompressible Navier-Stokes equationshydrodynamic forcegeneralized Blasius formulatime-averaged far-field flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• Asymmetric motion of a two-dimensional symmetric flapping model
• Hovering of a passive body in an oscillating airflow
• Lift on Slender Bodies with Elliptical Cross section Evaluated by Using an Oseen Flow Model
• Mechanics of Swimming and Flying
• Oscillatory Viscous Flows. Review and Extension
• The separation vortex in the Weis-Fogh circulation-generation mechanism
• Unsteady fluid-dynamic force solely in terms of control-surface integral

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